At some point, somebody thought instead of having face-to-face meetings, conference calls would be a good idea. They were wrong because it's a bad idea ... just like ordering anything from a "food" … [Read more...]
Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse
Architectural sketches typically fall into two distinctive camps (other than "Great!" or "terrible") and the relative purpose of those sketches seem to reflect the time period when the sketch was … [Read more...]
Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series
About 30 days and thousands of sketches later, it's time for the next round of Architectural Sketches - The Series. While I think adding "The Series" on to the end certainly makes it sound super … [Read more...]
Architectural Sketches – The Series
Architects sketch as a part of doing their job - at least all the good ones that I know. Right now, as a general rule, it would appear that depending on how old you are, you either sketch, use … [Read more...]
How Architects Talk to One Another
Since I spend a majority of my time trying exceedingly hard to not sound like an architect, it's always a bit of a jolt to my system when I jump back into an environment when it's actually important … [Read more...]
Territorial Trace
First, let's make one thing clear: while it is labeled as "trace paper" don't call it that. It is simply called "trace." No apologies to "onion skin", "bumwad" or any other monikers. Trace. A while … [Read more...]